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Neighborhood News Digest – 7 July 2023

Afghanistan

Understanding the fall in Opium production in Afghanistan – ORF

Recent reports and satellite imagery show an almost 80 percent fall in the opium crop in the south and south-western provinces of Afghanistan. The ....

July 07, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , UNSC , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Taliban , Thailand , Imran Khan , Migrant labourers , UN , India-Bangladesh , Arms , Maldives-Bangladesh , Opium , India-Sri Lanka , Gorkhas , Nepal PM , Indian Development Aid , Reserves

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 June 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Account For 80% Of Global Illicit Opium Production In 2022: UN Report – NDTV

Afghanistan continued to account for the "majority (80 per cent) of global illicit opium production in 2022," the United Na....

June 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , LoC , Taliban , BRI , Tourism , World Bank , IMF , Shehbaz Sharif , Opium , Manipur Violence , May 9 , Solar Project , Gorkhas , India-SL

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 June 2023

Afghanistan

Opium cultivation plummets in Afghanistan's Helmand, shows satellite imagery - India Today

Satellite imagery has shown a staggering 99% reduction in opium cultivation in Afghanistan's Helmand. The analysis of the....

June 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , BIMSTEC , Tourism , Economic crisis , Suu Kyi , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , Opium , Cyclone Mocha , Cyclone Biparjoy , Sri-Lanka-France , Russia-Pakistan

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 February 2023

Afghanistan

Main Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing closed, residents report gunfire – Deccan Herald

Taliban authorities have closed the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan official said on Monday....

February 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Maldives , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , Japan , Pakistan politics , Taliban , Imran Khan , COVID-19 , IMF , Pakistan Economy , Bipin Rawat , junta , Shehbaz Sharif , Ranil Wickremesinghe , BNP , Tamils , Opium , Bangladesh-India , Indo-Bhutan , President Solih , Singapore Myanmar-EU , COVID-19 Relief , Indo-Nepal

Neighborhood News Digest – 25 January 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban Discuss Restoration of Historical Sites with UNESCO – The Khaama Press

Mawlavi Atiqullah Azizi, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information of Afghanistan met with Brendan Cassar, UNESCO Culture Program Office....

January 25, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , economy , gender , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , IMF , UN , Pakistan Economy , earthquake , HRW , Bhutan politics , Afghanistan China , Turkey aid , BNP-AL , Big Powers , Thailand-ASEAN , Opium , Nepal Parliament , power outage